I have, as most of you know moved towards, a strong Reformed position, I have been going to an OPC Church. But I am having doubts, not in Christ, but where I stand....what I believe. Is this sinful? Has anyone else here ever ha "struggles" to find what the "true" faith is the "true" Gospel.
The true Gospel is something fairly simple - a trust upon the finished work of Christ and not your own works as your only hope in this life and the next.
I think what you're probably struggling with are the other truths contained in God's Word. I don't agree that we ought to grow less confident about those other things as time goes on contra a previous post. That you are struggling with them is OK so long as you remain teachable - a disciple.
It is Providential that we are discussing the Great Commission in another thread. When I visited Rev. Winzer a number of months ago he and I had many conversations but one conversation really stuck with me greatly over the past few months. He noted that many always want to distill the Christian walk into bare essentials and ask what the minimal belief set is - what is an acceptable level of ignorance or error on the part of a Christian and the person can be saved. By extension, some will then argue that it's OK that Churches are content to remain in error or immaturity in a position as long as "the big rocks" are taken care of.
While I will admit that I will extend fellowship to Christians that have the Gospel straight, I don't think any Church ever has warrant to teach disciples
some of the things that Christ commanded or to teach anything that He commanded in error.
We all need to remind ourselves regularly that our justification is not founded upon the possession of a perfect understanding of all the doctrines found in the Scriptures. Whether a child of three that has been granted Grace and a faith that unites her to Christ or an esteemed Professor of Theology who likewise clings to Christ as his only hope, there is no such thing as too little faith if that faith clings to the Cross of Christ.
What troubles me, then, are those that claim to cling to Christ but then refuse the process of discipleship. Even though their knowledge of the Word is not the grounds of salvation it is surely a
fruit of their conversion that they ought to hunger and thirst for righteousness and the things of God. They should never be content that they have "arrived" at knowledge for that would be to admit that discipleship is finished.
Thus, if you are frustrated that you are unsure about things because you hunger and thirst for the things of God and are yet unsatisfied then I would not tell you that there is a problem necessarily. I would worry more if you felt like you had arrived at a knowledge of all things and had conflated your confidence of doctrines with the grounds of your salvation.
I would encourage you to share these struggles with your Elders and seek counsel from them.
